Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence was one for me and my uni pals many years ago. I haven't seen it in a long time so I'm not sure whether it's worth a watch now.

It's a bright start today and a robin and a wren watch me collect firewood from the shed. "Morning" I say and I'm sure I her a tick in reply. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

I'm late again today and no birds are to be seen. I hear a flock of oystercatchers peeping up and down the coastal path and circling around to the farmer's fields. I close my eyes and I picture their pied plumage and long orange bills. That'll do, time for a cuppa. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

It's a cracking playlist 👍

Just in case you're wondering why the rose is on a yellow background rather than white, here's a screenshot from Wikipedia that explains.

I'm late up this morning and it's dull and drizzling garden. 15 house sparrows, a dunnock and a robin thank me for filling the feeder. I wonder when the corvids will realise I'm back when two jackdaws make an appearance. Clever birds those corvids. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Back home and the first bird I saw as I raised the blinds was a gull gliding over our neighbours' houses. The gull's grey back blended well with the colour of the clouds. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Getting ready to head back home from Somerset and the robin is singing "goodbye" from the car port roof. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

We left the cottage in heavy rain and arrived at WWT Steart Marshes at day break. A flock of golden plover and lapwing wheeling above the carpark welcomed us. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

The robin was on the roof of the cottage here in Somerset is whistling away again this morning.

A robin is singing in the rain in the courtyard of our cottage near Cheddar, Somerset. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

A robin is singing in the rain in the courtyard of our cottage near Cheddar, Somerset. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

We were gobsmacked when we saw it

On our way to WWT Slimbridge early this morning. Once day broke the first bird we saw was a buzzard gliding over the M6 near Stafford. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

It was dark when we first went outside and no birds. I refilled the feeder (again) as the red sun reflected from the clouds brought out the "my" birds. Which was first, robin, dunnock, blue tit, crow, herring gull or buzzard (my first from this garden)? #FirstBirdOfMyDay

No sign of any birds when we were in the garden first thing. I looked out a few minutes ago snd there was our robin, bobbin' around the hebe, staying out of the bitter wind. Over the sea, what looked like herring and black headed gulls danced over the waves. #FirstBirdOfMyDay